Helligvær Church
Helligvær Church (Norwegian: Helligvær kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Store Sørøya in the Helligvær islands in the Vestfjorden west of the town of Bodø. It is an annex chapel for the Bodin parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The small, white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1899. The chapel seats about 100 people.[1] It was originally a small bedehus (meeting house), but in 1908 it was consecrated as an official chapel.[2]
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| Helligvær kirke | |
 View of the church (from: Kirken.no) | |
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| 67.4230°N 13.9322°E | |
| Location | Bodø, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Chapel |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1899 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Bodin |
| Deanery | Bodø domprosti |
| Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
See also
References
- "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- "Helligvær kirke" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
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